News releases on Laboratorytalk categorised by date
Sunday 15 July
to Saturday 21 July 2007
Blog reveals tips for NMR software users
Ryan's Blog on NMR software promises to deliver up-to-date information and interesting titbits about NMR software, and how it can make your NMR workload more manageable
News from Advanced Chemistry Development (20 July 2007)
Compound delivery worldwide managed with Remp
User Application Article Boehringer Ingelheim's screening support group relies on Remp automated sample storage and retrieval to provide compound management for the company's high throughput screening laboratories worldwide
News from Tecan Group (20 July 2007)
More data, more peaks, more speed
Peak Analysis software module be used in isolated tissue studies, hemodynamic measurements, amperemetry, cardiac physiology, neurophysiology and current measurements
News from ADInstruments (20 July 2007)
Determining volatile organics by EPA method 8260
Technical Background Article The ability of the analytical instrumentation to simultaneously satisfy requirements of multiple methods provides a distinct advantage for the production-oriented laboratory Brochure Available
News from Shimadzu Scientific Instruments (20 July 2007)
Workstation for assay development flexibility
Cybio says its new generation flexible assay processor CyBi-NanoJetFap is the ideal assay workstation for assay development or cell based assays.
News from CyBio (20 July 2007)
Dry baths are digitally controlled and easy-to-use
Among the user benefits of the Cleaver Scientific range of digital baths are precise, accurate control of the integral high wattage heaters thanks to the digital microprocessor control panel
News from Cleaver Scientific (20 July 2007)
US Marine laboratory chooses MiniSeal
User Application Article Recently introduced by Porvair Sciences, the MiniSeal is an affordable semi-automated thermal sealer developed for laboratories sealing small to medium batches of microplates Brochure Available
News from Porvair Sciences (20 July 2007)
Immunological and genetic food testing in Yorks
Genon Laboratories, a specialist food and animal feed analysis laboratory in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, UK, has opened for business
News from Genon Laboratories (20 July 2007)
Collaborative training in systems biology
Alliance unites Agilent's suite of solutions for proteomics, genomics and metabolomics with the scientific and diagnostic expertise of scientists at the USA'a premier respiratory hospital
News from Agilent Technologies Europe (20 July 2007)
Successful completion of collaborative project
Drug discovery company Domainex and biopharmaceutical firm UCB have successfully completed their first collaborative project with the creation of a particularly elusive target protein construct
News from Domainex (20 July 2007)
Free copy of HuCAL antibodies technical manual
HuCAL technology is revolutionising the way monoclonal antibodies are generated and offers advantages over traditional animal-based methods - including speed, specificity and production technology
News from AbD Serotec (20 July 2007)
Liquid temperatures create large pipetting errors
Thermal disequilibrium is prevalent in today's laboratories, as many assays and tests require the addition of liquids that are warmer or colder than the laboratory environment and the actual pipettes
News from Artel (19 July 2007)
ATi wins ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management
ATi was originally awarded its ISO certification in 2004, and this has been extended in 2007 to cover all processes Brochure Available
News from Analytical Technology (19 July 2007)
Water purification boosts clinical lab performance
User Application Article The installation of Millipore's Elix 70 Clinical water purification system provides Laboratoire Thebault with the pure water it requires, at low operating and maintenance costs Brochure Available
News from Millipore (19 July 2007)
Simpler sample preparation on the benchtop
The Symyx Benchtop System, winner of the Association for Laboratory Automation's 2007 new product award, automates parallel processing of multiple steps of experimental procedures on one deck
News from Symyx Technologies (19 July 2007)
Noran System Six now available in the UK
The Noran System Six from Thermo Scientific, now available in the UK from ISS, includes a set of tools exclusively designed for spectral imaging data
News from ISS (19 July 2007)
AnaSpec introduces anti-MMP antibodies
Strategically raised against the hinge regions of MMP-1 and MMP-13, the epitopes do not overlap the catalytic domain and will not influence the activity of the MMP ferment in experiments.
News from AnaSpec (19 July 2007)
Thermal conductivity detectors for the Varian 3800
Gow-Mac Instrument provides replacement thermal conductivity detectors (TCDs) for the Varian 3800 gas chromatograph (GC), as well as for the obsolete Varian 3400, 3600, and 3700 GCs
News from Gow-Mac Instrument (19 July 2007)
Spectroscopy software wins readers' choice award
Bio-Rad Laboratories received a silver award for its KnowItAll informatics system spectroscopy software in Scientific Computing's 2007 readers' choice awards Brochure Available
News from Bio-Rad Laboratories (19 July 2007)
Biochemical detector addresses security concerns
SpectroSens, developed by Southampton University spin-out Stratophase, uses an optical silicon chip to detect toxins, viruses and bacteria in real time
News from Stratophase (19 July 2007)
Next generation VOC identification, quantitation
The increased sensitivity, functionality and vehicle mounted mobile capability of the Voice200, as well as its competitive pricing model, are raising strong commercial interest in the market
News from Syft Technologies (19 July 2007)
Automation of kinetic fluorescence assays
Technical poster describes how a labour-intensive, multi-step assay was automated using Velocity11's BioCel automation platform, providing significant time savings and enhanced assay consistency
News from Velocity11 (19 July 2007)
Antibody and His-tagged protein purification
AbD Serotec's Proteus purification kits combine the separation quality of gravity flow columns with the speed and ease-of-use of spin columns
News from AbD Serotec (19 July 2007)
Southern Water laboratories bought by Eurofins
Eurofins, an international group of laboratories, has won a competitive bid to purchase Southern Water?s laboratories and analytical services business
News from Southern Water Scientific Services (19 July 2007)
Highly flexible microRNA library creation
The new miRCat system permits cloning of very rare small RNAs and takes into account the natural variability in structure and sequence between species
News from Integrated DNA Technologies (19 July 2007)
Precise quantification of corn, canola, olive oil
Aspectrics has produced an application note to demonstrate the ability of its ground-breaking MultiComponent 2750 EP-NIR analyser to achieve unequivocal quantification of corn, canola and olive oils Brochure Available
News from Aspectrics (18 July 2007)
Cooperation to boost protein expression
Roche and Eppendorf, both offering systems for use in life-science research, have entered into a co-marketing agreement for products for protein expression Brochure Available
News from Roche Applied Science (18 July 2007)
Reference standards for EPA Method 35 available
AccuStandard has made available to laboratories a full set of standards designed for use with EPA Method 535, for method development and quality control
News from Accustandard (18 July 2007)
Blazed holographic grating is aberration-corrected
SSI's new 470-250-040 grating claims the world's highest efficiency measuring at 85% at the 250nm blaze wavelength
News from Spectrum Scientific (18 July 2007)
Key analytical role in Darpa vaccine drive
User Application Article The US$7.9million award is for the first phase of a programme that is designed to accelerate vaccine production timescales, currently measured in years, down to a much shorter time Brochure Available
News from DeltaDot (18 July 2007)
Drug monitoring kit wins FDA clearance
Along with Waters LC/MS systems and its clinical service and support, the kit provides a complete validated solution for transplant centres wishing to perform tacrolimus therapeutic drug monitoring
News from Waters (18 July 2007)
Cap-piercing now standard on coagulation analyser
The AC-4 is described as the perfect compact analyser for any haemostasis laboratory, offering performance beyond that of comparable systems in an easy-to-use, ultra-reliable forma
News from Helena Biosciences (18 July 2007)
Research collaboration in tumour imaging
The three-year research collaboration will be funded by AstraZeneca and focus on the development of cutting-edge real-time fluorescence and confocal imaging techniques
News from Cancer Research UK (18 July 2007)
Report evaluates efficiency of solvent condensers
Genevac has released a new technical report describing an evaluation of three different condenser (cold trap) designs and discusses their suitability for use with biological sample concentrators Brochure Available
News from Genevac (18 July 2007)
Breaking the bioinformatics bottleneck
The rapid growth of high-throughput laboratories presents an enormous data management challenge which, reports Russ Swan, is being met by a new breed of software
News from SPECIAL REPORT by the Editor (18 July 2007)
Training in Berlin for biotech and pharmaceutical
Through its commitment to providing the best instructors and the smallest classes, CfPIE says it looks to bring its breadth of expertise to one of Europe's fastest-growing life science sectors
News from Center For Professional Innovation and Education (17 July 2007)
The next generation in urine chemistry analysis
Siemens Medical Solutions Diagnostics will show new products for near patient testing and greater laboratory productivity at the Institute of Biomedical Science Congress, September 2007, Birmingham UK
News from Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics (17 July 2007)
Opening the taps for pure water in OU labs
User Application Article Purite has supplied the Open University department of biological sciences in Milton Keynes, UK, with a new water purification system designed to improve the quality of laboratory water
News from Purite (17 July 2007)
Automated drug delivery testing goes to next level
Utilising its experienced industrial design skills gathered developing innovative and bespoke automation solutions, Astech has developed the X range to cover all aspects of automated inhaler testing Brochure Available
News from Astech Projects (17 July 2007)
Fisher Science World comes to Bolton
Fisher Scientific UK announces that the 16th Fisher Science World will take place at the Reebok stadium in Bolton on Thursday 13 September 2007
News from Thermo Fisher Scientific (17 July 2007)
Lab furniture company is now simply Sovella
GWS Systems, a designer, manufacturer and supplier of Sovella workspace equipment and systems for manufacturing, engineering, and scientific applications, will henceforth be known simply as Sovella
News from Sovella (17 July 2007)
TracerDaq Pro is enhanced version of TracerDaq
Measurement Computing has announced through its UK distributor Adept Scientific the release TracerDaq Pro, a software combination of four virtual data acquisition instrument applications Brochure Available
News from Adept Scientific (17 July 2007)
Next generation cryo sample preparation tool
Vitrobot Mark IV is an easy-to-use system that features a newly-designed touchscreen user interface operated under Linux, and robotics that ensures high-quality, reproducible freezing of samples Brochure Available
News from FEI (16 July 2007)
Colony counter speeds novel vaccine technology
User Application Article Protocol automated colony counter is being used at start-up Austrian biotech firm Bird-C, to help save time with research on novel vaccines against lethal bacteria such as Escherichia coli O157 Brochure Available
News from Synbiosis (16 July 2007)
Testing instruments win pattern approval for China
All working measuring instruments used in China in trade, medical treatment and health, safety protection, and environmental monitoring are subject to compulsory verification
News from Lloyd Instruments (16 July 2007)
Ultrapure water for laboratory procedures
The Neptune Ultimate system is the latest addition to the Select Neptune range from Purite, a UK manufacturer of high performance water purification equipment.
News from Purite (16 July 2007)
300kV field emission TEM to be launched at Emag
Hitachi High Technologies says it will make a number of new product announcements at the Emag Exhibition, University of Glasgow, 3-7 September 2007
News from Hitachi High-Technologies (16 July 2007)
60 new division-arrested cell lines
Generated through a proprietary treatment of dividing cells, division arrested cells do not require lengthy and laborious cell culture procedures to prepare live cells for screening assays
News from Invitrogen (16 July 2007)
3D cell culture is more like human body
Invitrogen has announced the launch of the Gibco AlgiMatrix 3D culture system, an animal-origin free bioscaffold that more closely mimics the conditions of a cell in the human body
News from Invitrogen (16 July 2007)
Stem cells can be monitored for pluripotency
A pluripotent stem cell is one that has the ability to develop, or differentiate, into cells of all the three major lineages - endoderm, mesoderm and ectoderm
News from Invitrogen (16 July 2007)
Neutron screen for Isis second target project
User Application Article The Isis second target project (TS-2) is constructing a second neutron source at Isis, located at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, with the experimental programme due to begin in 2008
News from Applied Scintillation Technologies (16 July 2007)
NIR-based dryer analytics for pharma and biopharma
The turnkey system has been designed from the ground up to offer the perfect combination of software and hardware for efficient and accurate NIR drying analyses
News from Thermo Fisher Scientific (Molecular Spectroscopy) (16 July 2007)
Konelab for Liverpool's animal hospital
User Application Article The Konelab 20i, which is used for routine biochemistry tests, including liver, kidney and heart profiles, as well as ISEs, represents the main piece of equipment in the biochemistry laboratory
News from Labmedics (16 July 2007)
Good turnout for transcranial magnetic stimulation
Magstom reports an 'impressive' turnout at University College London (UCL) for the first Magstim transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) summer school, 25-26 May 2007
News from Magstim (16 July 2007)
Phlexglobal wins IiP status
Phlexglobal, a specialist CRO for clinical trial administration and study site support, has secured Investors in People (IiP) status and has been recognised by assessors as a model of excellence
News from Phlexglobal (16 July 2007)
New aerosol spectrometer at Salzburg conference
WPS is the only commercially available spectrometer to combine DMA and condensation particle counting with laser light scattering in a single instrument, giving a measurement range of 5nm to 10microns
News from Copley Scientific (16 July 2007)
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